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Injection, inclisiran, 1 mg at UPMC Mercy

1400 Locust Street, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 163914308

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$22.80

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$38.00

Gross charge

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The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$5.20 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $34.20 with Health Payors Organization — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Highmark BCBS of PA Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage $5.20 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.78 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $10.27 ↓ -55%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $10.60 ↓ -54%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $11.57 ↓ -49%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $11.78 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.32 ↓ -46%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.32 ↓ -46%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $12.32 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.64 ↓ -45%
Cigna New Business ASO $12.92 ↓ -43%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.94 ↓ -43%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.20 ↓ -42%
Bravo Medicare $13.30 ↓ -42%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.31 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.31 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.31 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare $13.55 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $14.08 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR FI $14.44 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $14.81 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.15 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $15.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $15.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $15.23 ↓ -33%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $16.72 ↓ -27%
InterGroup PPO $19.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $19.83 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $20.40 ↓ -11%
Cigna Behavioral Health Commercial $22.80 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $28.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Approved National Affiliated PPO Business $30.40 ↑ +33%
American Healthcare Group Commercial $30.40 ↑ +33%
National Provider Network PPO $31.16 ↑ +37%
Multiplan PPO (inc. Auto and Worker's Compensation) $34.20 ↑ +50%
Health Payors Organization Commercial $34.20 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Injection, inclisiran, 1 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $53.85 $5.25 – $76.29
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $53.85 $5.25 – $75.65
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $53.85 $5.15 – $76.29
UPMC Muncy Muncy $39.20 $7.35 – $44.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $22.80 $7.78 – $32.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,348.80 $5.15 – $1,686.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $39.20 $8.82 – $44.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $39.20 $10.31 – $34.20

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